bribass Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 Hey Everyone Quick question for some help - I use Spike it Junebug and Spike it Kelly Green Flake and the flake turns blue! Any help with this? I Keep a very close eye on temp as well. When I use the Kelly green in our watermelon candy and GP Candy I have no issues just with the junebug dye.. any suggestions? Is the problem the dye or the glitter or both lol ? Thanks for any input! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hpssports Posted September 11, 2017 Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 It's the Spike It Junebug color. It does it worse with the emerald green glitter. I found out that the D0-It X2 Florida Grape is a close match to the Spike It Junebug & doesn't blue the glitter as much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Young Posted September 11, 2017 Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 Are you by chance using to much colorant ? My glitter which is also spikeits kelley green has never had the least bit of blue look from their junebug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted September 11, 2017 Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 Try adding the flake first, after you've heated the plastic, and then add the colorant to build up to the color you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baitjunkys Posted September 11, 2017 Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 Cut one out and see if it actually changed colors. the purple hue is gonna mask any glitter. Not necessarily change it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bribass Posted September 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Baitjunkys said: Cut one out and see if it actually changed colors. the purple hue is gonna mask any glitter. Not necessarily change it. when I first add the glitter and shoot the first few baits the glitter is fine.... 10 min into the batch its goes down hill and half look blue and half still green and then about 15 more min later its all like an emerald blue and no green to it All while keeping very close attention to temp and making sure I'm shooting at 305 so no where near burning or scorch Edited September 11, 2017 by bribass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallmouthaholic Posted September 11, 2017 Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 Are you heating your plastic w/a mechanical stirring system? Repeated micro wave heatings will cause problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bribass Posted September 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 1 hour ago, smallmouthaholic said: Are you heating your plastic w/a mechanical stirring system? Repeated micro wave heatings will cause problems. Yup! using the shooting start set up with ultra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallmouthaholic Posted September 11, 2017 Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 Are you initially heating the June bug mix in a micro wave or from scratch in the shooting star? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bribass Posted September 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 From scratch, adding the dye first then glitter once its ready Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsworms Posted September 11, 2017 Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 Once again, I have to go old school here...... I struggled with Junebug BIG TIME......until I changed over to black grape. It wasn't a glitter problem nearly as much as a color problem. Personally, I think the darker color masked any bleeding from the glitter. I could use pretty much any green glitter and make a nice junebug as long as black grape was the base color. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emptystringer81 Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 Ive had this same problem, Using spike it junebug colorant and spike it Kelly green glitter, I noticed it was a lot worse when I was using my presto pot vs the microwave. also have problem with my copper glitter turning pink. It seems that if I got it too hot or did too many remelts the glitter would change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Young Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 Black grape instead of Junebug colorant does make a nice looking junebug too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emptystringer81 Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 What company black grape Les? I think I have lure craft black grape ill have to try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Young Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 (edited) I have lurecraft too. Go as light or as dark as you want. Edited September 19, 2017 by Les Young Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsworms Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 15 hours ago, emptystringer81 said: What company black grape Les? I think I have lure craft black grape ill have to try it. LC is what I used and problem solved! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
